What can you eat to raise your red blood platelets if anything, and is it dangerous. I had a blood test that showed my Red blood platelets are low, and the doctor said come back in 60 days, is it dangerous to wait that long? thanks...
it means its dangerous
A lack of iron tends to result in low blood count.
Having a low blood count means your blood is low on one of it's cell types. The symptoms are different depending on which, for example a low red cell count makes you anaemic and a low white cell count makes your immunity system drop.
Hematocrit is a measure of the proportion of blood volume that is composed of red blood cells. A low hematocrit level can indicate anemia or other medical conditions, suggesting a lower than normal red blood cell count. Therefore, while hematocrit itself is not a "blood count," a low hematocrit level typically reflects a low red blood cell count.
Blood transfusions.
Illnesses such as haemophilia and cancer affecting the bonemarrow both affect the blood count in bad ways, resulting in low white blood cell counts and low blood counts.
an shingles cause low blood counts?
White Blood Cell count less than 500 places the patient at risk for a fatal infection.
The count will be artificially low
an shingles cause low blood counts?
White cell count should be between 3 and 10 (x10^9/L) so 3.7 is low but OK.
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